Cord Definition

kôrd

cords

noun

cords

A thick string or thin rope.

Webster's New World

A slender length of flexible material usually made of twisted strands or fibers and used to bind, tie, connect, or support.

American Heritage

Any force acting as a tie or bond.

Webster's New World

A hangman's rope.

American Heritage

A slender, flexible, insulated electrical cable, as one fitted at one end with an electrical plug to connect a lamp to an outlet.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

verb

cords

To fasten, connect, or provide with a cord or cords.

Webster's New World

To furnish with a cord.

American Heritage

To stack (wood) in cords.

Webster's New World

To furnish with cords.

Wiktionary

To flatten a book during binding.

Wiktionary

idiom

cut the cord

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cord

Singular:

cord

Plural:

From Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khorda), Ionic χορδή (khorde, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”)

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French corde from Latin chorda from Greek khordē gherə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition